| Table 53. | Percent and standard error for public elementary school visual arts specialists reporting that they participated in various activities related to teaching, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10 |
| School characteristic | Common planning period with regular classroom teachers | Common planning period with other arts specialists at this school | Consulting with classroom teachers to help them integrate visual arts into a lesson or unit of study taught by the classroom teacher |
Consulting with other teachers to integrate another subject into a visual arts lesson or unit of study that is taught by the visual arts specialist | Collaborating with other teachers on designing and teaching an interdisciplinary lesson or unit of study that includes visual arts |
Sharing ideas about teaching with other teachers outside your assigned school(s) | Visiting classrooms of colleagues who teach visual arts |
Participating in site-based management or school improvement teams or leadership councils |
Providing input in the preparation of Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for students with special needs |
Teaching visual arts through virtual field trips using technology |
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| All public elementary school visual arts specialists |
35 | (1.7) | 46 | (2.0) | 69 | (1.7) | 76 | (1.5) | 58 | (2.4) | 81 | (1.5) | 40 | (2.0) | 52 | (1.8) | 41 | (1.6) | 38 | (1.8) |
| Enrollment size | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than 300 | 35 | (4.5) | 31 | (4.0) | 71 | (4.3) | 76 | (3.8) | 58 | (5.3) | 79 | (3.4) | 41 | (4.5) | 49 | (4.0) | 40 | (4.6) | 45 | (5.1) |
| 300 to 499 | 34 | (2.5) | 46 | (3.0) | 69 | (2.9) | 77 | (2.3) | 55 | (3.6) | 77 | (2.3) | 32 | (2.7) | 51 | (2.6) | 41 | (2.6) | 37 | (2.5) |
| 500 or more | 35 | (2.7) | 54 | (3.3) | 68 | (2.2) | 75 | (2.8) | 59 | (3.1) | 85 | (2.1) | 47 | (2.9) | 56 | (2.8) | 40 | (2.4) | 37 | (2.7) |
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| City | 41 | (3.2) | 47 | (3.9) | 70 | (3.2) | 73 | (3.0) | 58 | (4.1) | 79 | (3.1) | 42 | (3.7) | 53 | (4.1) | 41 | (3.4) | 35 | (3.0) |
| Suburban | 31 | (3.6) | 53 | (2.8) | 68 | (3.1) | 77 | (3.1) | 58 | (3.5) | 80 | (2.8) | 40 | (3.0) | 50 | (3.5) | 38 | (2.7) | 39 | (3.0) |
| Town | 28 | (5.0) | 41 | (5.0) | 63 | (4.9) | 74 | (4.9) | 52 | (5.5) | 78 | (4.5) | 34 | (4.4) | 57 | (5.2) | 42 | (5.7) | 42 | (4.8) |
| Rural | 35 | (2.8) | 37 | (3.4) | 71 | (2.5) | 79 | (2.9) | 59 | (3.3) | 83 | (2.6) | 41 | (3.6) | 52 | (3.4) | 43 | (3.2) | 39 | (2.9) |
| Region | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | 34 | (3.6) | 49 | (4.0) | 74 | (3.6) | 75 | (3.3) | 62 | (3.8) | 79 | (3.0) | 37 | (3.5) | 47 | (3.3) | 42 | (3.0) | 41 | (3.9) |
| Southeast | 32 | (3.3) | 41 | (2.9) | 68 | (3.6) | 82 | (2.6) | 58 | (3.7) | 87 | (2.7) | 46 | (3.3) | 56 | (3.4) | 42 | (3.5) | 42 | (3.0) |
| Central | 31 | (2.4) | 44 | (3.0) | 63 | (3.4) | 72 | (3.0) | 53 | (3.3) | 78 | (2.6) | 34 | (3.2) | 51 | (3.0) | 39 | (2.9) | 33 | (3.6) |
| West | 48 | (4.2) | 50 | (4.8) | 74 | (4.0) | 76 | (3.5) | 59 | (4.9) | 78 | (3.6) | 47 | (4.2) | 58 | (4.4) | 40 | (4.3) | 41 | (3.9) |
Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities1 |
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| Less than 6 percent | 37 | (3.8) | 39 | (4.3) | 72 | (3.1) | 79 | (3.5) | 57 | (3.8) | 80 | (3.2) | 39 | (4.2) | 52 | (3.9) | 39 | (3.6) | 41 | (4.5) |
| 6 to 20 percent | 23 | (2.8) | 47 | (3.8) | 65 | (3.3) | 71 | (3.5) | 57 | (3.4) | 76 | (3.0) | 36 | (3.3) | 49 | (3.5) | 44 | (4.2) | 38 | (3.8) |
| 21 to 49 percent | 35 | (3.4) | 47 | (4.4) | 65 | (3.7) | 77 | (2.7) | 52 | (3.5) | 83 | (2.8) | 39 | (3.7) | 48 | (4.1) | 40 | (3.5) | 38 | (4.0) |
| 50 percent or more | 43 | (3.3) | 49 | (3.6) | 73 | (2.7) | 78 | (2.7) | 63 | (3.3) | 83 | (2.1) | 44 | (3.3) | 58 | (3.1) | 40 | (3.3) | 37 | (2.7) |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 30 | (3.1) | 51 | (3.3) | 66 | (3.5) | 75 | (3.3) | 59 | (3.2) | 79 | (2.6) | 40 | (3.2) | 50 | (3.6) | 43 | (3.3) | 41 | (3.5) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 36 | (3.4) | 46 | (3.5) | 67 | (3.0) | 75 | (3.0) | 54 | (4.0) | 82 | (3.0) | 37 | (3.4) | 50 | (2.7) | 41 | (3.3) | 41 | (4.4) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 34 | (2.8) | 41 | (3.5) | 68 | (2.6) | 73 | (3.5) | 56 | (4.1) | 79 | (3.5) | 35 | (3.3) | 51 | (3.4) | 34 | (3.6) | 32 | (2.8) |
| 76 percent or more | 41 | (3.6) | 45 | (4.0) | 77 | (3.2) | 82 | (2.6) | 62 | (4.0) | 82 | (2.8) | 49 | (4.5) | 63 | (3.6) | 44 | (3.7) | 40 | (3.7) |
| 1 Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Arts specialists are education professionals with a teaching certificate in an arts discipline—such as music, visual arts, dance, or drama/theatre—who provide separate instruction in that discipline. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, “Survey of Elementary School Visual Arts Specialists,” FRSS 102VA, 2009-10. |
